Elfego Hernan Monzon Aguirre

Elfego Hernan Monzon Aguirre (5 May 1912-6 June 1981) was President of Guatemala from 29 June to 8 July 1954, succeeding Carlos Enrique Diaz de Leon and preceding Carlos Castillo Armas.

Biography
Elfego Hernan Monzon Aguirre was born in Barberena, Guatemala in 1912, and he served in the military until he attained the rank of colonel. He served as a Minister without Portfolio under President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, and he was bribed by the CIA to assist in the pressure campaign which resulted in Arbenz's resignation in 1954. Carlos Enrique Diaz de Leon briefly served as President before the United States replaced him with Monzon, who had a more impressive anti-communist record than Diaz. However, he refused to hand over power to the US-backed rebel leader Carlos Castillo Armas, and Monzon was ultimately convinced to form a junta with Castillo; Castillo succeeded Monzon as President on 8 July 1954. In October 1954, Castillo Armas won 99% of the vote in a presidential election without parties or candidates other than Castillo Armas, and Elfego Hernan Monzon Aguirre died in 1981.